Table 3: Estimation of Rank Wage Differentials
Modelsa Variablesb |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) OLS with CA |
(5) Fixed-Effect with CA |
All Firms |
- |
1.747*** |
1.758*** |
- |
- |
Rank L |
(0.044) - |
(0.150) - |
- |
- | |
Rank M |
0.366*** |
0.157*** |
0.086*** |
0.172*** |
0.092*** |
Rank U |
(0.019) 1.445*** |
(0.017) 0.813*** |
(0.015) 0.364*** |
(0.019) 0.818*** |
(0.016) 0.344*** |
Rank EX |
(0.043) 2.311*** |
(0.042) 1.281*** |
(0.022) 0.580*** |
(0.043) 1.250*** |
(0.024) 0.508*** |
(0.078) |
(0.079) |
(0.035) |
(0.124) |
(0.043) | |
Skill*Rank L |
- |
- |
- |
1.658*** |
1.520*** |
Skill*Rank M |
- |
- |
- |
(0.052) 1.722*** |
(0.165) 1.535*** |
Skill*Rank U |
- |
- |
- |
(0.065) 1.810*** |
(0.157) 1.898*** |
Skill*Rank EX |
- |
- |
- |
(0.089) 1.852*** |
(0.154) 2.065*** |
(0.188) |
(0.174) | ||||
Adj. R2 |
0.49 |
0.64 |
0.94 |
0.64 |
0.94 |
Private Sectorc |
- |
1.929*** |
1.799*** |
- |
- |
Rank L |
(0.053) - |
(0.150) - |
- |
- | |
Rank M |
0.376*** |
0.132*** |
0.071*** |
0.170*** |
0.075*** |
Rank U |
(0.022) 1.503*** |
(0.019) 0.768*** |
(0.017) 0.363*** |
(0.021) 0.794*** |
(0.018) 0.334*** |
Rank EX |
(0.056) 2.203*** |
(0.017) 1.358*** |
(0.025) 0.514*** |
(0.017) 0.891*** |
(0.027) 0.469*** |
(0.152) |
(0.127) |
(0.041) |
(0.151) |
(0.052) | |
Skill*Rank L |
- |
- |
- |
1.730*** |
1.594*** |
Skill*Rank M |
- |
- |
- |
(0.060) 1.841*** |
(0.195) 1.595*** |
Skill*Rank U |
- |
- |
- |
(0.082) 2.032*** |
(0.184) 2.033*** |
Skill*Rank EX |
- |
- |
- |
(0.121) 3.808*** |
(0.186) 2.067*** |
(0.453) |
(0.218) | ||||
Adj. R2 |
0.45 |
0.61 |
0.94 |
0.62 |
0.94 |
a-Dependent variable is wage in level in thousands of marks. Standard errors have been computed using
the White correction.
b-Also included are dummies for the type of contract, large firm size, public sector,
occupations, industries and years.
Sub-sample of 8511 observations.
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